Ideal and Actual in the Story of the Stone

Name: Ideal and Actual in the Story of the Stone
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ISBN: 9780231114073

ISBN-10: 0231114079

ISBN-13: 9780231114073

Edition: 1999

Authors: Dore Levy

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The Story of the Stone(also known as The Dream of the Red Chamber), completed in the mid-eighteenth century by Cao Xuegin, is considered China's greatest novel -- but its length and narrative complexity have proven daunting to many modern readers. Now, esteemed scholar of Asian literature Dore J. Levy introduces this timeless work to first-time readers, while also presenting a new method of comparative interpretation for advanced students and scholars. Drawing from literary theory, sociology, religion, and medicine, Levy explores how the classic novel confronts the chasm between social, emotional, and spiritual ideals and their translation into day-to-day reality. This illuminating work…

Book details

List price: $34.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 4/1/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 0.61" wide x 0.90" long x 0.05" tall
Weight: 0.704
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Ideal and Actual, Real and Not-Real



"Family Togetherness": Patterns of Authority and the Subversion of Family Structure



Preexisting Conditions: Retributory Illness and the Limits of Medicine



A World Arart: Poetry and Society in the Garden of Total Vision



The Chiming of the Void: Poetry as a Vehicle to Enlightenment


Notes


Glossary


Bibliography


Index